Daily Archives: February 27, 2013

Competing versions of Georgian events heard in Brussels

By | February 27th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili accuses the Ivanishvili government of failing to adopt a common document with EU, while it  accuses him of  telling lies. Tuesday, during a meeting with TV reporters, the president said that for the first time […]

Norland asks government to avoid vengeance

By | February 27th, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: , |

From left to right: Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the ambassador’s wife Mary Hartnett, and US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland. (US Embassy photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland asks the Ivanishvili government to avoid vengeance as it seeks to prosecute many of the people who ran the country while President Mikheil Saakashvili held power. “There was a need now to balance the desire for […]

Saakashvili visits Azerbaijan

By | February 27th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili today starts a two day visit to Azerbaijan. The visit will take place on February 27-28 and includes a personal meeting with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, according to the Georgian president’s press office. […]

Saakashvili invites Ivanishvili to meeting

By | February 27th, 2013|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

President Mikheil Saakashvili talking to TV journalists. (Photo by the president’s administrations.) TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili says he wants to sit down with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to talk about how to solve a gridlocked power-sharing process. “I think we should talk with the government about many issues, like relations with Russia, […]

Saakashvili refuses to use the security service

By | February 27th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili refuses to use the Special State Protection Service service after bitter negotiations with the government about the size and financing of the unit. Saakashvili said during a press conference on Tuesday evening […]